Lazy Days (film) explained

Lazy Days
Director:	Robert F. McGowan
Producer:	Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach
Starring:	Allen Hoskins Jannie Hoskins Junior Allen Joe Cobb Norman Chaney Mary Ann Jackson Harry Spear Jean Darling
Cinematography:	F. E. Hershey Art Lloyd
Editing:	Richard C. Currier
Distributor:	MGM
Runtime:	20' 00"^[1]
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Lazy Days is a 1929 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.^{[2] [3]} Produced by Hal Roach and released to theaters by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, it was the 89th Our Gang short to be released, and the third to be made with sound.^[4]

Synopsis

A lethargic Farina lounges about, waited upon by his girlfriend Trellis and half-minding his baby brother. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang are preparing their younger brothers and sisters for entry in a baby contest - including Joe's unsubtle attempt to pass off eleven-year-old Chubby as an infant - with the prize being $50.00. When Farina learns about the contest, he slowly begins bathing and dressing his younger brother. Later, while on the way to the contest, Farina has a mishap with the stroller. After giving up and laying down to rest, he learns from Joe that there was no prize since the contest was actually held over a month ago.

Cast

The Gang

• Joe Cobb as Joe
• Jean Darling as Jean
• Allen Hoskins as Farina
• Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
• Mary Ann Jackson as Mary Ann
• Harry Spear as Harry
• Pete the Pup as himself

Additional cast

• Junior Allen as Thermos/Junior, Farina's brother
• Jannie Hoskins as Trellis, Farina's girlfriend

Note

• Farina's younger sister Jannie, who had appeared in several of the silent Our Gang films, appears in this film as Farina's girlfriend, Trellis. This was the first of only two appearances she made in sound films of the Our Gang series (the other Teacher's Beau).
• Lazy Days was one of several Our Gang films deleted from King World's Little Rascals television package in 1971 because of material considered racially offensive or insensitive. Because of its depiction of young African-American Farina as stereotypically - and exaggeratedly - lazy, the short has been withheld from television since the 1970s, although it has been released on home video. Although the film is still under copyright,^[5] it sometimes turns up in mutilated form on bootleg/public domain home video releases.

Filming Locations

The scene where the stroller's wheels keep falling off was filmed on South Canfield Avenue between Venice Blvd and Culver Blvd in Culver City, California.^[6]

See also

• Our Gang filmography

Notes and References

1. http://theluckycorner.com/vc/cf.html#part%2021 theluckycorner.com/
2. Web site: Silent Era: Lazy Days . September 16, 2008. silentera.
3. News: New York Times: Lazy Days . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520164930/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/225643/Lazy-Days/overview . dead . May 20, 2011 . September 16, 2008. Charles . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2011 . Isherwood.
4. Book: Maltin . Leonard . Bann . Richard W. . Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals . 1977 . Crown Publishers . 105–106 . 978-0-517-52675-0 . 3 March 2024.
5. Web site: Demoss . Robert . Entry for Lazy Days at The Lucky Corner. November 9, 2008. November 19, 2008.
6. Web site: Now . Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and . Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now . 2024-11-10 . Chris Bungo Studios Filming Locations Then and Now . en-US.